Lillian Name Popularity

How popular is Lillian?

Ranking 27th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2017, the name Lillian is very popular.

Currently in the top 50, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #10 for the first time in 1898 and as recently as 1901.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1920 with 10,049 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lillian in any given year was 398 in 1978.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lillian occurred roughly during the years 1883-1894, 1895-1898, 1904-1915, and 1992-2006, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1928-1939, 1941-1944, 1955-1958, 1960-1966, and 1970-1974.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

How popular will Lillian be?

Lillian's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Lillian has dropped.

The name Lillian is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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Lillian (Girl)

Lillian (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2017

6,132

27

7

10,275

2016

6,353

28

10

7,903

2015

6,604

26

5

13,220

2014

6,909

25

< 5

--

2013

7,067

26

5

13,254

2012

7,156

25

5

13,420

2011

6,920

22

9

8,495

2010

6,951

22

< 5

--

2009

6,856

27

6

11,883

2008

6,808

29

9

8,727

2007

6,547

33

10

7,940

2006

6,230

38

10

7,780

2005

5,212

50

9

8,046

2004

4,732

65

24

3,813

2003

4,029

76

< 5

--

2002

3,396

96

< 5

--

2001

2,949

112

< 5

--

2000

2,599

129

5

11,476

1999

2,190

147

5

10,928

1998

1,717

174

< 5

--

1997

1,393

215

< 5

--

1996

1,127

251

< 5

--

1995

942

294

< 5

--

1994

881

308

< 5

--

1993

736

347

< 5

--

1992

749

348

< 5

--

1991

768

342

< 5

--

1990

722

367

8

6,181

1989

695

370

< 5

--

1988

646

373

6

6,920

1987

531

420

< 5

--

1986

553

404

< 5

--

1985

542

412

8

4,981

1984

468

444

< 5

--

1983

452

456

< 5

--

1982

474

450

< 5

--

1981

518

420

< 5

--

1980

510

425

< 5

--

1979

438

460

5

6,645

1978

398

487

< 5

--

1977

470

434

< 5

--

1976

479

422

< 5

--

1975

454

437

< 5

--

1974

482

413

< 5

--

1973

563

373

< 5

--

1972

620

355

< 5

--

1971

675

361

5

5,358

1970

782

335

5

5,154

1969

773

324

6

4,213

1968

814

308

< 5

--

1967

841

298

5

4,315

1966

880

285

8

3,135

1965

1,015

272

9

2,903

1964

1,064

275

< 5

--

1963

1,165

258

6

3,859

1962

1,307

244

6

3,869

1961

1,311

240

7

3,540

1960

1,430

223

10

2,788

1959

1,469

218

< 5

--

1958

1,420

218

7

3,446

1957

1,603

209

9

2,929

1956

1,628

201

5

4,240

1955

1,656

195

8

3,106

1954

1,630

194

7

3,324

1953

1,659

186

6

3,639

1952

1,729

178

< 5

--

1951

1,825

168

9

2,784

1950

1,886

155

< 5

--

1949

1,944

153

6

3,549

1948

2,115

136

5

3,975

1947

2,089

143

< 5

--

1946

2,159

129

< 5

--

1945

2,018

124

9

2,507

1944

2,117

126

10

2,405

1943

2,394

116

13

2,128

1942

2,489

111

16

1,834

1941

2,460

104

18

1,668

1940

2,523

97

13

2,046

1939

2,554

99

15

1,841

1938

2,824

88

14

1,943

1937

2,899

84

18

1,664

1936

3,117

79

18

1,619

1935

3,422

66

16

1,799

1934

3,972

52

24

1,412

1933

3,998

51

23

1,434

1932

4,352

48

30

1,248

1931

4,806

47

37

1,121

1930

5,449

43

30

1,319

1929

5,710

40

43

1,050

1928

6,575

35

46

1,026

1927

7,182

32

45

1,050

1926

7,661

28

27

1,422

1925

8,352

25

24

1,561

1924

9,098

23

35

1,236

1923

9,328

20

34

1,248

1922

9,428

19

29

1,384

1921

9,770

19

23

1,622

1920

10,049

18

26

1,483

1919

9,516

17

26

1,433

1918

9,986

15

23

1,573

1917

9,843

15

33

1,191

1916

9,592

16

26

1,361

1915

9,546

15

24

1,394

1914

7,354

16

33

979

1913

6,015

16

21

1,133

1912

5,568

14

30

809

1911

4,367

13

13

959

1910

4,127

14

15

806

1909

3,596

14

15

740

1908

3,634

13

9

992

1907

3,542

13

15

687

1906

3,293

13

14

665

1905

3,185

13

11

776

1904

3,139

12

10

789

1903

2,972

13

12

682

1902

3,063

11

13

632

1901

2,681

10

17

482

1900

3,414

10

11

824

1899

2,703

10

8

831

1898

3,061

10

15

559

1897

2,683

11

13

599

1896

2,702

11

11

706

1895

2,495

16

12

628

1894

2,441

16

7

914

1893

2,193

20

9

739

1892

2,154

20

10

723

1891

1,812

20

9

678

1890

1,862

19

10

648

1889

1,640

23

7

852

1888

1,656

23

7

878

1887

1,308

26

6

884

1886

1,282

24

< 5

--

1885

1,143

27

< 5

--

1884

1,109

26

6

923

1883

907

26

6

850

1882

830

32

6

904

1881

723

32

< 5

--

1880

672

32

< 5

--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.